The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-12-31
SHERIFF'S SALE.

In CHANcERY OF NEW JERsEy-Between
Daniel D. Briant, complainant, and
Elisha Skellenger and Elias B.
Skellenger, defendants. Fl. fa. for sale
of mortgaged premises returnable to
February Term, A. d. 1888.
j. II. NEIGHBOUR, Sopr.
By virtue of the above stated writ of
feri facias in my hands, | shall expose for
sale at public vendue at the Court House
in Morristown, N. j., on
Monday, the 10th day of January
next, A. D. 1888, between the hours of IL
M and 5 O'Clock p. m, that is to say at
O. clock in the afternoon of said day all
those three tracts or parcels of land and
premises hereinafter particularly describ-
ed. situate, lying and being in the town
ship of Chester, in the county of Morris
and State Of New Jersey, commonly called
Kelsey, Bird and Swasey tracts and
bounded as follows: The Kelsey tract be-
ginning near certain brook that former
ly divided Roxbury from Mendham at
heap of stones standing on the south side
of the road that used to lead by Joanna
Pickles widow. or where Barnabas Hor-
ton. deceased, formerly lived and runs
thence on the south side of said
road westerly eleven chains to
heap of stones for corner, thence
enc hundred rods, to another road that
used to lead from James Lewis's to Rich
ard Loyeridge, and from thence to run
northwesterly along the westerly side of
said road to q certain building that had
been used for a wheel>wright shop that
used to stand ON the premises, thence to
run north sixty>four degrees west to the
first mentioned corner supposed to contain
eighteen acres of land more or less, ~.
Of
stones lying on the southeast SIDE of the
road that used to lead from Nathan Hor-
TOMS to Barnabas Horizons supposed to be
the road that now leads from Chester to
Calais. il being the most northerly corner
of that tract of land that Benjamin Bird
purchased of the executors of Elijah Hor>
ton, deceased. being also corner OF Bar
nabas Horizons other land. thence running
from said heap OF stones ~, south nifty
five degrees west, htteen chains ana
twenty links to small chestnut sappling,
thence (2) south seventy one degrees west
three chains to heap of stones on the
southeast side OF the aforesaid road;
thence ~ south sixty~four degrees east
fortv~one chains and seventvSseven links
to heap of stones III the brook. thence
az north fifty-fiye degrees east, fourteen
chains to the road kat used to lead from
Richard Loveridge's to Barnabas Horton,
0eC6aS6Us OlOnCO W. AAOAet ~ " ~ 49,
and fifteen minutes west, seven CHAINS
and eighty links to the corner of said
Barna6as Horizons other land; thence 49,,
north. sixty-four degrees west. thirty-on
chains and ninety-four links TO the place
of beginning, containing sixty-one acres
strict measure. (Third), the Sweasey tract,
beginning at a heap of stones, being
corner of Phineas Horton and Joseph
Hedden's land. and runs from thence ~,
south, forty~seEen degrees west, three
chains; thence l2l south. sixty>four de-
grees east, six chains and sixty links
thence (3) north fifty degrees east, three
chains; thence AZ south, sixty>four de>
Erees east, thirty-four chains; thence 81,
north twenty seven degrees east, sixteen
chains and sixty links; thence (61, north
sixty-four degrees west, thirty chains;
thence "a south Rfty>two degrees west,
eighteen chains to the place OF beginning,
containing sixty-five acres of land, be the
same more or less, and the three afore
mentioned tracts are bound north by
lands of Phineas Horton. Joseph Hedden,
and the road leading from Chester to
CALAIS. east by the road leading from Sue
casunna Plains, and south by lands Of
Robert Hughson, and west by lands OF
Jonah Horton and Phineas Horton.
Excepting and reserving there out one
uarter of an acre of land on the cross
road near Stryker's store, heretofore sold
to Ogden Hugo.
Dated Dacemher O. 1897 $14 40